Re: [ARSCLIST] Audio Editing Software Options

[Brandon Burke <bburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan,

Hmmmm.... I guess that was confusing. No, there is not a Visual Quickstart Guide
dealing speficically with PT Free. The point, however, is that at least you've
got *something*.

The book--I'm thumbing through it as I type--is concerned much more with mixing
and editing instructions than items specific to an 'official' version. Very
little about hardware, for example. The point here is that if you're new to
audio editing softare (or if you've got employees who are) then at least with
PT Free you'll have a helpful guide. Hope that makes sense.

As for the OS.9 v. Windows situation, I can't say. I switched over to Mac about
four years ago and haven't looked back. PCs have always been unstable as far as
I've experienced--regardless of the software application. And that whole
'illegal operation' thing. Uugh....

Brandon

Brandon Burke
Graduate Research Assistant
Digital Library Services
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
phone: (512) 495-4566
email: bburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Quoting Dan Gediman <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Brandon,
>
> Are you saying there is a book in the Visual Quickstart Guide series dealing
> specifically with Pro Tools Free?
>
> Also, I am a member of another listserv for radio producers and they have
> been having this same discussion. The one caveat about Pro Tools Free that
> has been discussed there is that it is not very stable on a PC (very stable
> on a Mac running OS9.x, apparently). It seems to crash a lot, I am told.
> Just passing this along...
>
> And lastly, can anyone tell me how to order this list in digest form? I
> couldn't find reference to it in the intro email I got when I joined. Many
> thanks.
>
> Dan Gediman
> Public Radio Producer
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brandon Burke" <bburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Audio Editing Software Options
>
>
> > The advantage to Pro Tools Free, of course, is that you can go out to your
> local
> > bookstore and buy a book to accompany it--like the Visual Quickstart
> Guide, for
> > example. They're pretty helpful if you're new to the game. Just a
> thought....
> >
> >
> > Brandon Burke
> > Graduate Research Assistant
> > Digital Library Services
> > University of Texas at Austin
> > Austin, TX
> > phone: (512) 495-4566
> > email: bburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > *********************************************************************
> > *  "Stand up and face the full force of a dissonance like a man."   *
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> > *                                  -- Charles Ives                  *
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> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting andy kolovos <akolovos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > Anyone have suggestions for free/open source and low cost audio editing
> > > programs usable in Windows?  To give you some idea, I'm referring to
> > > options in the range of ProTools Free, Goldwave ($40), and Sound Forge
> > > Studio ($70)on the high end.  If anyone can suggest anything else, in
> > > particular free, open source options for Windows, it would be terrific.
> > > The suggestions will be directed to people conducting oral
> > > history/ethnographic interviews who are interested in doing basic
> editing
> > > of digital audio files, have no need of multi-tracking, probably no
> > > interest in creating 24/96 files, and don't have a lot of money to
> spend.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > andy
> > > *********************************
> > > Andy Kolovos
> > > Archivist/Folklorist
> > > Vermont Folklife Center
> > > P.O. Box 442
> > > Middlebury, VT 05753
> > > (802) 388-4964
> > > akolovos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org
> > >
> >
>